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> Here's a Water program that creates a class, defines a method,
> creates an instance, and call a method on the instance.
>
> <defclass company stock_symbol price revenue expenses>
> <defmethod PE_ratio>
> .price.<divide .revenue.<minus .expenses/> />
> </defmethod>
> </defclass>
>
> <company
> stock_symbol="IBM"
> price=86.11
> revenue=1022110
> expenses=382828
> />.<PE_ratio/>
Wow. This reads to me like a very strangely obfuscated species of CLOS. The
"compatible" debate aside, I really have a hard time imagining how developers
will go for this.
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Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc.
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Python Generators + DOM - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/08/py-xml.html
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ite5-i/
XML class warfare - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=6965
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